sriracha peppers

[cjp1953]

So what's the truth with sriracha peppers,are they just a red jalapeno pepper?I see the bottled sauce in the store and bought some Blue Diamond almonds coated in sriracha pepper.What I found researching was it's the fully ripened jalapeno.Is there a special strain of jalapeno seed sold?I have grown jalapeno and did let them turn red,great flavor but so were the ones I picked green.